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Life expectancy was 62 back then
"We adopted the modern Social Security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get Social Security."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, December 12th, 2016
Not even close
"We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, November 28th, 2016
Inventing history
Margaret Sanger "wanted a black Christian leader to be like a Judas goat and lead the blacks to genocide. Remember that? And they picked Martin Luther King as their spokesman."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, November 14th, 2016
Many missing details
"Jack Berry voted for a plan to cut $23.8 million from our schools."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 31st, 2016
Stretch of words
Hillary Clinton said gun confiscation "would be worth considering."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 17th, 2016
An overstatement
Donald Trump has said "nuclear proliferation is OK."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Return to sender
On Tim Kaine: "In exchange for campaign contributions, he appointed a radical jihadi to the Virginia Immigration Commission."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 3rd, 2016
Colleges raised them; Kaine went along
"Tim Kaine hiked tuition as governor, but now claims to champion affordability."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, September 19th, 2016
Now backs Clinton's position to ban drilling
On drilling off the Atlantic coast
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, August 29th, 2016
Illegal immigration flat while Kaine was governor
As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase."